Thursday 09 November 2006
THE Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning farmers and rural businesses about the dangers involved in riding a quad bike after a farm worker was killed when his all-terrain vehicle (ATV) overturned on a Yorkshire Dales farm.

Thursday 09 November 2006
AN Act of Parliament described as the single most important piece of legislation to protect animals for almost a century is a step closer to becoming the law of the land after receiving Royal Assent yesterday (November 8).

Thursday 09 November 2006
OFFICIALS in the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) received more than £7 million in bonuses in the last two years whilst farmers across the country, many of them right here in the Dales, grapple with debts resulting from the shambles that is the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and its failure to deliver farm payments on time.

Wednesday 08 November 2006
ENGLAND'S three biggest farming organisations have taken the rare step of uniting to issue a joint statement condemning Government incompetence at the latest shambles to engulf the ill-fated Rural Payments Agency (RPA).

Tuesday 07 November 2006
AS the first frosts of the winter take hold, North Yorkshire Police are launching their annual road safety campaign and are warning motorists to expect stop-checks and extra road policing patrols across parts of the Dales.